Wednesday, March 4
All Day: Decentralized Direct Actions across Campus
12-1pm: Funeral for Public Education on Sproul Steps
+all students, workers, faculty, and community allies are invited to wear black and join die-in
5pm: Short Debrief and Info Hub in Wheeler Commons

A 27% fee hike in UC tuition has been announced with a range of justifications—this on top of the 300% increase in attending the UC in the last decade alone. The administration claims that the state’s defunding of public education has forced this on us, the only option left is to displace the costs of running the university onto students. We disagree. The UC doesn’t want public money from Sacramento; it wants more of your far less regulated private tuition dollars. In spite of the increased cost of education, we endure cuts to student programs, overflowing lecture halls, classes that are difficult to get into, decreasing numbers of students of color, and many other signs of the declining quality of education.In response to mounting pressure from students around the state, the administration has now announced plans to delay the fee hike, to wait until we’re less prepared. But a deferral is no victory; we demand far more. Rather than a signal that we should give up, we believe that now is the time to push our demands for a better UC. Students across the state–at UCs, CSUs, Community Colleges and High Schools–have called for “96 Hours of Direct Action” the first week of March, culminating in a statewide student walk out on Thursday, March 5. In 2010 similar actions won hundreds of millions of dollars in state support, and in 2012, they beat back a proposed tuition hike that would have nearly doubled of the cost of a UC education. This March, let’s demonstrate that there’s an alternative to privatization and debt. This is your call to action. On March 5, let’s shut it down.

This conference promotes the development of locally-controlled clean energy economies as a necessary path to a sustainable future. The conference is a diverse gathering of policy makers, entrepreneurs, and community advocates engaged in a thoughtful and inspiring exploration of strategies and programs for advancing a local clean energy transition in the Bay Area.

To learn more about Conference goals and to register, please visit the event website.

On the 2nd Anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death, we celebrate his legacy, embodied
in the people and their struggle

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March 5 is the second anniversary of the tragic passing of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. Yet, despite his short life, he transformed Venezuela by his courageous struggle to make the Venezuelan masses the protagonists of their destiny.
Before Chávez, Venezuela’s natural resources enriched only the oil companies and ruling class. Today the country’s wealth has been harnessed for true development — hundreds of thousands of homes, healthcare and schools throughout the country.

The goal of the Bolivarian Revolutionary process is socialism, where every human being can enjoy guaranteed rights of healthcare, education, housing, jobs, equality, culture, social peace, and international solidarity.

But the U.S. government is working to destabilize the Venezuelan revolutionary government, financing right-wing organizations, encouraging coup attempts and terrorist attacks on the population. Now, the U.S. Congress is applying sanctions on Venezuela to punish the government and people for defending their sovereignty.

It is up to us, the people of the United States, to demand that our government stop the attacks and destabilization of Venezuela, respect International Law and Venezuela’s right to live.

Join us on Thursday, March 5, 5 pm, 24th and Mission, S.F., for a rally to celebrate: “Chavez Vive! La Lucha Sigue!”

This International Women’s Day we will be joining in the streets with women all around the world who are marching to demand their rights.

We will be out to stand against violence against women in all forms. Against the growing number of killings of transwomen, against police brutality, against racism, street harassment, domestic violence and more. We will be coming out as we struggle to support ourselves and our families in the face of ever increasing evictions and gentrification.
We march to stand in solidarity with our sisters around the world who are fighting back as well.

There will be an update about http://debtcollective.org, who just announced TODAY the first ever public strike against student debt generated for a profiteering university, and plans to gather debtors together to perform giant acts of solidarity!

DISABILITY LIBERATED: MOURN THE DEAD AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.

Part 1 of the performance curated by Sins Invalid begins with the construction of an altar, built in part with community participation. The altar will commemorate disabled children policed and killed by parents/caregivers for not performing “ablebodied-ness”; people with disabilities who have died from incarceration in nursing homes or jails/prisons; and those who are locked up and fighting for their freedom.

CeCe McDonald, an aspiring fashion student living in Minneapolis, was attacked by a racist, transphobic mob while walking to the grocery store in July of 2010. One of her attackers, intoxicated and adorned with a swastika tattoo, died days following the incident. CeCe was charged with two murders and was threatened with up to 80 years in a cage for simply defending herself.

While imprisoned, she discovered that her story was not unique, but that she was among many Black people—particularly Black, trans women—railroaded to prison. The stories of Assata Shakur, Angela Davis, and Mumia Abu-Jamal inspired her to fight not only for her own freedom but for all the trans women who have been slain or made victims of the criminal injustice system. Since her release in January of 2014, CeCe has become a leading and outspoken activist, inspiring many to take action against mass incarceration and for racial justice and trans liberation.

Community Event & Fundraiser
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization.

Panel 1: A Discussion with the Editors of Disability IncarceratedLiat Ben-Moshe, University of Toledo
Allison Carey, Schippensburg University
Chris Chapman, York University

Panel 2: Responses to the Book by Berkeley FacultyJonathan Simon, Berkeley Law
Na’ilah Nasir, School of Education and African American Studies
Peter Manoleas, School of Social Welfare
Scott Wallin, Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-2:30

Panel 3: What now, what next? Responses by scholars, artists and activistsD. L. Adams, University of Toledo
Ella Callow, National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families
Sascha Altman DuBrul, Icarus Project
Nora Wilson, Justice Now

2:30-3:30: Film Showing: Deaf in PrisonFollowed by discussion with Talila A. Lewis, H.E.A.R.D., Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf
3:30-4:30 Break

4:30-5:30: Performance: Disability Liberated (Part II).Sins Invalid performs live on stage in Booth Auditorium, culminating in leading the audience back to the altar space in 120 Kroeber.

This event is free, open to the public and wheelchair-accessible. Please refrain from wearing scented products so that people with chemical sensitivities can join us. If you need any other disability accommodations in order to attend, including communication services, please contact Susan Schweik at sschweik@berkeley.edu.

Sponsored by: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; Center for the Study of Law and Society; Haas Institute Race & Educational Disparities Cluster, Diversity and Democracy Cluster, and Disability Studies Cluster; Dean Judith Little, School of Education; Dean Carla Hesse, Division of Social Sciences; Dean Anthony J. Cascardi, Division of Arts and Humanities; Social and Cultural Studies Program, School of Education; Canadian Studies; The Doreen K. Townsend Center for the Humanities

Join Supervisors Jane Kim and Mark Farrell, Project Homeless Connect, and 1,000 other community leaders, volunteers, and San Francisco friends, as we rally behind new initiatives that can bring us closer to ending homelessness in our city. This solutions focused event will be different than anything you’ve ever seen before. We hope you can make it.

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